Theists Say Stupid Things

Believers do say some silly things to try and convince atheists that they're wrong. From atheists not being able to prove that god exists being the reason they're atheist, to woodpeckers shock absorbers... there's a lot of stupid things said in this 'theists say stupid things'... which might make some atheists angry, apparently...

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*Everything in this video is just an opinion, and should be treated as such - though it is important to ask questions. Any humour or sarcasm is aimed towards the words and actions of the individuals, and not intended to be a personal attack on any individual themselves, under the act of free speech*

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[lagodifuoco]

Stephen Fry completely destroyed the benevolent god concept in a few sentences.

[kennymartin]

"I answer their question with a question, not an answer."
Thats called deflection. A tactic used exclusively by people who don't have answers.

[knarf_on_a_bike]

I LOVE Stephen Fry. Bone cancer in children? "How DARE you!" Exactly. . .

[woodsnstrings]

As someone who has actually done graduate studies in history, it is profoundly frustrating how many times theists try to demonstrate that the scientific method can't be used to prove historical facts (and therefore we're all happy to take history on faith, and therefore God is just as factual because faith).

There IS a historical method that ALSO hasn't successfully demonstrated a god or gods. Trying to use the scientific method to prove history is like trying to use algebra to explain literature. They're different disciplines with different methodologies.

The fact that neither of them has been able to independently verify the god claim should be pretty telling.

[joshboydtheactor]

The dumbest part about him comparing the number of copies of the Bible to the Iliad or the odyssey is that no one is claiming those stories are 100% accurate to history, or trying to force legislation based on them.

[Thirdbase]

I was convinced.

Convinced several of those people don't listen to what other people really say. Convinced others of them don't know what they are saying.

[dominiqueharry]

Instead of an Atheist attacking the bishop with a question, another theist attacked him with a knife.

[helicopterharry]

Having a wizard tell me I'm crazy is a little weird.

[dogwalker]

Theists projecting is not exactly a surprise.

[georgem]

Theists project more than an IMAX movie theatre.

[dyamonde]

Did that guy really say that we don't look at the Illiad or the Odyssey with the same scrutiny? is he aware that those are fiction?

[jeb]

The flaw in the argument of the fellow starting at 4:21 is that, just because there is a moral law, there does not have to be a giver of that law.

[dogwalker]

In answer to the Tea Cosy hat guy, Morals existed long before christianity.

[DarkAetherPrincessPeow]

The second theists stop using fallacious BS arguments is the second I'll happily take them more seriously. Other than that, lovely video as always from the most rational floating circle out there :P

[stevewebber]

The claim that biblical claims need to be analyzed with historical methods, doesn't buy him as much as he thinks.
The historical method will reject all the supernatural claims. And the resulting conclusions are probabilistic, depending on the quality of evidence provided for the events.

[michaelread]

To the guy with the fancy cap and the fidget stick: humans make moral laws, not your fantasy friend...

[seraphonica]

I can't believe I have to say this... paper and ink were more expensive in the past. Copying the Bible was a SIGNIFICANT expense. They didn't pull monks off of scrubbing the floors to copy the Bible. And if one got something wrong? They'd burn that page and copy it again, and probably give the monk who made the error a punishment. The Bible not having many scribal errors isn't a miracle. It's the predictable result of an efficient, carefully monitored system.

[locodiver]

Comparing the Bible to the Iliad and Odyssey is the best self own! 😂

[condorboss]

4:25 That is a long way to go to assert presuppositionalism. Moral laws are derived from human experience, not mandated from outside.

[PassiveSmoking]

"A woodpecker's head moves twice as fast as a bullet".

According to the sources I checked, a woodpecker's head moves at 6-7 metres per second, whereas the ball from a black powder musket (which is the slowest thing I could find that could still qualify as a bullet) moved at about 120 metres per second at the point it left the barrel. A typical modern handgun manages 200-500 m/s

For the record, the speed of sound at sea level is 343 metres per second. That means that for their head to be moving twice the speed of a modern bullet, a woodpecker's head would have to break the sound barrier with every peck. Everything within about half a mile of a woodpecker would know it when their ears were assaulted by a succession of sonic booms. Even if you accepted the lower estimates for musket balls as the speed of a bullet, it would still be approaching the speed of sound.

That's what made me instantly suspicious of the claim, and that's what made me look it up and discover the numbers above. Piece of advice for people making fantastic claims that they think disprove some aspect of science, don't include numbers or other factual statements that can be falsified without actually checking them against reality. Someone else will do that checking for you and if you've made them up it will become apparent very quickly.